On 25 Jun 2010 13:00:44 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >>COBOL can be used to play with the various SMF records. > >That, from experience, I would not recommend.
While IBM still hasn't implemented USAGE BIT and BINARY character, the COBOL 85 standard (VS COBOL II and later) with reference modification and hex literals has made it not too bad for handling such things as the SMF 30 records. The bear is getting the record descriptions. Because COBOL is not that great for report writing, I prefer DYL280 and its successors but COBOL code uses noticeably less CPU (based on experience in the late 1980s). For most SMF mashing in batch that is a trivial concern. Clark Morris > >>Vision (I knew it as DYL280) from CA also has been used as has Easytrieve. > >DYL is not a bad choice. > Clark Morris >> rest snipped ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
